Friday, October 13, 2023
CLEVELAND (WJW) – Lake Erie is the holder of a new Great Lakes waterspout record! According to the International Center for Waterspout Research, there were 181 waterspouts and funnels over Lake Erie in just one day on Sunday. One observer even saw 72 alone On Saturday, Meteorologist Jenn Harcher spotted them through theThursday, October 12, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio — During its annual meeting in Oregon, Ohio, the Great Lakes Commission elected Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz to serve as the organization’s chair. “We have made protecting Lake Erie a priority in Ohio through Governor Mike DeWine’s groundbreaking H2OhioWednesday, October 4, 2023
TOLEDO, Ohio — As part of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the University of Toledo held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a new project to restore wetland and stream channels. The University of Toledo Center for Alumni and Donor Engagement (CADE) projectMonday, September 25, 2023
An NOAA aerial photograph shows an algal bloom in Saginaw Bay in Michigan. (Photo provided) Lake Erie algal bloom shrinking PORT CLINTON — Lake Erie’s harmful algal bloom has been shrinking for about one or two weeks, but scientists don’t know yet when it will disappear. “The cyanobacteria bloomFriday, September 22, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s sportsmen and women will join millions of others nationwide in celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, Sept. 23, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. This year will be the 51st celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, whichTuesday, September 19, 2023
Annual Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup volunteers, Sep. 16, 2023. Contributed photo. Erie County, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), as well as cleanup site coordinators and public volunteers participated in the Pennsylvania-LakeFriday, September 15, 2023
The storms of Aug. 24 saw 214 millimetres of rain dumped on Harrow and Colchester in Essex. The Colchester Lagoon took in 14 times the normal volume of water to its treatment facility. The Harrow Lagoon, eight times the normal amount, according to town staff. “There was just so much water it just had nowhere to go,” saidWednesday, August 30, 2023
Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA If approved, the Lake Erie Quadrangle Sanctuary would cover roughly 740 square miles — most of Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie waters, excluding Presque Isle Bay, the channel connecting the bay to the lake, and privately owned water lots. On the Lake Erie beaches of Presque Isle State Park onTuesday, August 15, 2023
OREGON, Ohio — The public should avoid all contact with water at Maumee Bay State Park due to cyanotoxin levels caused by the Lake Erie Algal Bloom, officials with the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department announced Wednesday. Authorities have issued a Recreational Public Health Advisory, meaning the public is not permittedMonday, July 31, 2023
PUT-IN-BAY, OH – Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Lab and education partners across South Bass Island will host Lake Erie Awareness Day on August 10, 2023 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Aquatic Visitors Center, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, Cooper’s Woods Preserve, Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife
